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Saturday, February 16, 2019

I spent my Friday Night Sew In like the last one; sewing 2 1/2 squares together. I am trying hard this year to get my UFOs finished. I just have a few 4 patches to finish for my rainbow quilt and I sewed on more squares for my daughter's quilt. Getting to see progress in my Churn Dash and Stars has really motivated me to keep getting things done.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

I now have all of my blocks done for my Churn Dash and Stars. There are a couple of blocks I am unsure about but overall I am happy with the fabrics. I now need to figure out the layout for them and then get it sewn together. I will be happy once this is finished.

Friday, February 1, 2019

My Arithmetic quilt is done and has been given to the receipent. He was thrilled to receive it. I have to say that this is one of the funnest, quickest quilts I have made. The colours had special meaning to him and it was an easy quilt that did not require too much planning. The In Color Order's Modern Plus quilt tutorial, Modern Plus Sign Quilts, and some great suggestions to put it together faster by Crazy Mom Quilts all helped me greatly. My favourite thing still after all these years of quilting is to make something for someone else. I like being a detective and trying to figure out what would suit their personality and then putting it all together.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

I have tried every year to pick One Word which will be a goal for me throughout the year. Someone on Twitter wished on New Year's Day that this is the year that you Flourish. I realized that that is what I wanted for myself this year, and that is the word I chose.

Part of my flourishing was spending a whole weekend cleaning up my quilting room. Fabric needed to be put away and more space needed to be created. After accomplishing that, one of my goals was to get some of my long standing projects done. Right now, I am working on 2 1/2 inch squares for a border on my daughter's quilt and for a rainbow Irish Chain quilt. I wanted to have another quilt to work on so the squares would be leaders and enders.

When cleaning up, I realized that my Churn Dash and Stars quilt was taking up a lot of space and it would be a good one to get finished. It was my project to work on when I needed a break from something else and since it was for me it did not have a timeline. Now, the timeline will be to get it done this year. Here's hoping to flourish this year.

Friday, January 25, 2019

I finished Snowbound last Spring for my guild Quilt Show. It is a quilt that I changed my mind about a few times, and then ended up sticking with the original pattern True Blue by Minick and Simpson. It's a small lap quilt 48 x 48. I used a thicker flannel on the back. My husband has claimed it as is. It is the same colours as his favourite team and he uses it when he watches games which I think is great. I enjoyed the flying geese border more than I thought and would definitely use them as a border again.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

I have been working on some bit and pieces this week and that continued for Friday Night Sew In. I have three projects right now that need small squares sewn together, so I have been working to organize and chain sew them all at once. I have been working on my Nancy Drew quilt, a border for my daughter's quilt and some 2 1/2 inch squares which I am now sewing into four patches. These have all been half done projects for a while and I am hoping to have them finished this year.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

After the Anniversary quilt was done for my parents, I decided to take a break and finish up some smaller projects. I made some microwave bowls and some pot holder trivets for my husband and my friends.

The basketball pattern was from Cluck Cluck Sew. I have been apprehensive before about patterns where you cut and put in small lines because I always worried about matching them up. I found that I did well with this pattern and I am tempted to make a quilt with it. Now with this little break I am ready to get back into some more quilting. Once I clean my quilting room, of course!